Railway map of the Dominion of Canada 1920
Place Published: [Ottawa]
Publisher: Dept. of the Interior
Date Published: 1920
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding:
SCARCE LARGE 8 SECTION 1920 RAILWAY MAP OF CANADA
Very large attractive original Railway map of Canada on 8 sections, each section map: 36 x 30 inches (paper size). Some soiling in margins not affecting the map itself, some creasing. Department of the Interior, Canada, Honourable Arthur Meighen, Minister. W.W. C
J.E. Chalifour, chief geographer.
53 railways named & indexed; railways in operation and under construction; table of railway distances; cities & towns; lakes & river. Shows railway routes in operation and under construction, and steamships routes. Scale 1:2,217,600
Starting with completion of the first transcontinental railway in 1885, Canada would see three transcontinental railways built before 1920:
1) The Canadian Pacific Railway, completed on November 7, 1885
2) Canadian Northern Railway, completed on January 23, 1915
3) The Grand Trunk Railway, completed in 1914
Item #8092
$750.00 USD
$971.37 CAD